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When religion and police work mix

It's a charming story out of Winona where a police officer helped out a girl whose bike was stolen, but it's also got an element to it similar to the story last week in Indiana where a police officer turned a traffic stop into a proselytizing session of sorts when he asked the scofflaw whether she'd been saved.
by Bob Collins

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The day ‘Dodgy Dave’ got an MP kicked out of Parliament

The day ‘Dodgy Dave’ got an MP kicked out of Parliament

It seems the general consensus of the Colonies is that the American experiment, at least with regard to the country's politics, has failed somewhat miserably. When a member of Parliament took to the floor today to face British Prime Minister David Cameron on the revelations in the release of data from a Panamanian law firm that he was hiding cash offshore, it reminded us that perhaps it's not to late to rejoin the empire.
by Bob Collins

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Moorhead man penned letter to the drugs that killed him

Toward the end of a three-month stay at a drug treatment facility, Zach Spieker wrote a letter to the opiates that bedeviled him, Fargo Forum reports.
by Bob Collins

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Does NPR have a future?

Slate's Leon Neyfakh is the latest media watcher to predict doom for Public Radio, specifically the organization formerly known as National Public Radio.
by Bob Collins

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The 4th Precinct steps up

The 4th Precinct steps up

Some kids in Minneapolis needed a "dad" for a father-daughter dance recently, so some cops at the local station house stepped forward and stepped up.
by Bob Collins

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A newspaper’s front page in Donald Trump’s America

A newspaper’s front page in Donald Trump’s America

The Boston Globe's editorial board made its point in an interesting -- if somewhat inflammatory way -- today.
by Bob Collins

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Maybe Rock ‘n Roll has already died

The tribute last night to the inductees of the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame revealed a continuing split between the artists it honors and the institution.
by Bob Collins

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Video: Reusable rocket lands on an ocean ship

For those of us of a certain age who grew up watching the likes of Jules Bergman and Frank McGee and Walter Cronkite covering space missions with plastic models to describe what was happening, today's SpaceX launch was a reconfirmation that we live in interesting times.
by Bob Collins

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Fed up with parents, Stillwater hockey coach quits

The girl's hockey coach at Stillwater High School has resigned for mysterious reasons but as is usually the case, particular with schools, the privacy cone of silence has dropped over the situation.
by Bob Collins

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Photos: This is what road rage looks like

Photos: This is what road rage looks like

What does it look like when someone opens fire on you because you tooted your horn at them at a green light at a major Minneapolis intersection? It looks like this.
by Bob Collins

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